Angela Blanchard + PhD Candidate + Keele University + Supervisors Dr M A Robson & Dr K Budds

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1 Angela Blanchard + PhD Candidate + Keele University + Supervisors Dr M A Robson & Dr K Budds

2 AIM: TO EXPLORE AUTOETHNOGRAPHY briefly outline research project describe autoethnography place on research continuum acknowledge challenges justify as methodology

3 OUTLINE Working title: The experience of childhood emotional neglect Context: long term effects of childhood physical neglect/abuse and childhood sexual abuse well-documented (Mullen, et al, 1996; Howe, 2005), childhood emotional neglect and abuse less visible (Mullen, et al, 1996; Wright, et al, 2009) and less clearly defined (Music, 2009).

4 Research aim: bridge the gap between subjective, autobiographical account, ( misery lit; Muncey, 2010), and objective, third person account add participants voices to a rigorous study (Faulkner, 2012) Research design: bracketing interviews, 8 unstructured individual interviews, focus group(s); thematic analysis

5 AUTOETHNOGRAPHY WHAT IS IT? combination of autobiography (me, telling my own story) and ethnography (telling the story of a group of people or a culture) (Reed-Danahay, 1997) origins in anthropology and ethnography can an outsider ever gain a true, authentic picture of a group that is other?

6 PLACING AUTOETHNOGRAPHY ON THE CONTINUUM Quantitative research Qualitative research modernist positivist objective one truth RCT post-modern, constructivist, subjective multiple truths personal experience methods

7 Characteristics boundary-crossing the researcher as researched, both insider and outsider (Reed-Danahay, 1997) researcher s willingness to embrace subjectivity, rather than deny it (Ellis, 2004) and the judicious use of our vulnerable selves (Etherington, 2004) high level of researcher reflexivity (Grant, Short & Turner, 2013) blurring boundaries between research and creative writing (Denzin & Lincoln, 2005)

8 the self within a social context (Reed-Danahay, 1997) challenge prevailing discourse; give voice to marginalized discourses (Harper & Thompson, 2012; Reed-Danahay, 1997) feminist methodology (Reed-Danahay, 1997) aims to provoke action (McLeod, 2011) an axe to grind? evokes the lived experience (Etherington, 2004)

9 MY VULNERABLE SELF Google images it is work we must do in anguish' (Josselson, 1996)

10 CHALLENGES memories are tricksters and shape-shifters (Sparkes, 2013) danger of imposing my views on my audience (Wall, 2008) balancing scientific rigour with purpose of autoethnography (Wall, 2008) ethical tensions around self-care and care of participants (Kottler, 2015; Etherington, 2009; Bond, 2004)

11 REFLEXIVITY Google images The outcome of reflexive research is usually uncomfortable for the reader, (McLeod, 2011)

12 JUSTIFICATION humanist vision of the (social) world (McLeod, 2011) person-centred approach to counselling (Rogers, 1957; Price, 1999) privileges the individual (Muncey, 2010) challenging prevailing discourse enrich and empower participants (Price, 1999) social justice/social action (McLeod, 2011)

13 SUMMARY Autoethnography is post-modern, feminist qualitative research method elements of autobiography and ethnography blurs boundaries between research and creative writing high level of reflexivity challenges prevailing discourse uncomfortable to conduct, uncomfortable to read a good fit for the research project

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